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Eldorado Escort Re-A, Eldorado Mst Ii, Eldorado Transmark, Eldorado Xhf, model years 2005 to 2010. Filed by Eldorado National - California, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 25 March 2010. 34 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Eldorado national - california has notified nhtsa of a defect in certain model year 2005-2010 transit buses fitted with ricon public use lifts. the restraint belt on these lifts was designed to prevent the lift from moving, unless the tongue of the belt is fully engaged and latched in the buckle. ricon has discovered, …

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Which vehicles does recall 10V119 cover?
Eldorado Escort Re-A, Eldorado MST Ii, Eldorado Transmark, Eldorado XHF, model years 2005-2010.
What is wrong with them?
ELDORADO NATIONAL - CALIFORNIA HAS NOTIFIED NHTSA OF A DEFECT IN CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2010 TRANSIT BUSES FITTED WITH RICON PUBLIC USE LIFTS. THE RESTRAINT BELT ON THESE LIFTS WAS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE LIFT FROM MOVING, UNLESS THE TONGUE OF THE BELT IS FULLY ENGAGED AND LATCHED IN THE BUCKLE.
What can happen if it is not put right?
THE USER OF THE LIFT COULD BE INJURED SHOULD THE LIFT MOVE WITHOUT THE RESTRAINT BELT PROPERLY BUCKLED.
Is there a fix yet?
ELDORADO NATIONAL - CALIFORNIA IS WORKING WITH RICON AND RICON WILL BE HANDLING THE REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. PLEASE SEE RICON'S DEFECT REPORT 09E-060. RICON WILL PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH A WARNING DECAL AND A DVD-BASED TRAINING AID. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY 2010.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “THE USER OF THE LIFT COULD BE INJURED SHOULD THE LIFT MOVE WITHOUT THE RESTRAINT BELT PROPERLY BUCKLED.”

34vehicles potentially
affected
4models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 25 March 2010owners told 12 April 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 25 March 2010. Owners were written to 18 days later, on 12 April 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign10V119
Filed byELDORADO NATIONAL - CALIFORNIA, INC.
System at faultEquipment Adaptive/Mobility
Reported to NHTSA25 March 2010
Model years2005-2010
Vehicles namedELDORADO ESCORT RE-A, ELDORADO MST II, ELDORADO TRANSMARK, ELDORADO XHF

What the notice says today

The consequence

THE USER OF THE LIFT COULD BE INJURED SHOULD THE LIFT MOVE WITHOUT THE RESTRAINT BELT PROPERLY BUCKLED.

The remedy

ELDORADO NATIONAL - CALIFORNIA IS WORKING WITH RICON AND RICON WILL BE HANDLING THE REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. PLEASE SEE RICON'S DEFECT REPORT 09E-060. RICON WILL PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH A WARNING DECAL AND A DVD-BASED TRAINING AID. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT RICON CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-322-2884 OR BY EMAIL AT WWW.DMATA@WABTEC.COM.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 289 notices in the record whose component field names equipment adaptive/mobility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 36 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V119, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v119/

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